This is a timeline of incidents in 2010 that have been labelled, or investigated as possible cases of "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
List guidelines
To be included, entries must be notable (have a stand-alone article) and described by a consensus of reliable sources as "terrorism".
List entries must comply with the guidelines outlined in the manual of style under MOS:TERRORIST.
Casualty figures in this list are the total casualties of the incident, including immediate casualties and later casualties (such as people who succumbed to their wounds long after the attacks occurred).
Casualties listed are the victims. Perpetrator casualties are listed separately (e.g. x (+y) indicate that x victims and y perpetrators were killed/injured).
Casualty totals may be underestimated or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus (+) sign indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 10+ indicates that at least 10 people have died) – the actual toll could be considerably higher.
If casualty figures are 20 or more, they will be shown in bold. In addition, figures for casualties more than 50 will also be underlined.
2010 Lakki Marwat suicide bombing: A suicide car bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a volleyball pitch as people gathered to watch a match.[1]
Togo national football team attack: Separatist gunmen ambushed the Togo football team bus while crossing the Congo border, killing the driver, the assistant manager and a journalist, and injuring nine people, mainly football players.[2]
February 2010 Lower Dir bombing: A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani Frontier Corps convoy. The US embassy said its military personnel had been training Pakistan's Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency.[3]
Tapuah Junction stabbing (2010): A Palestinian Authority police officer stabbed to death a Druze Arab IDF soldier while he was sitting in a jeep stopped at a traffic light at the Tapuah junction.[4]
2010 Austin suicide attack: Andrew Joseph Stack III crashed his plane into an IRS building killing himself and a person inside the building. The crash caused a serious fire and significant damage to the building.
February 2010 Kabul attack: A suicide bomber detonated in an area containing a shopping centre, guest house and hotel, with gunfire heard after at least two blasts.[6]
March 2010 Lahore bombings: Three suicide bombings occurred on two separate days, in which a car bomb struck a Federal Investigation Agency's office, and the other two suicide bombers detonated simultaneously whilst targeting a passing military convoy.[7]
2010 Kizlyar suicide bombings: A suicide car bomber detonated outside the offices of the local interior ministry and the FSB intelligence agency. Another suicide bomber impersonating as a police officer then detonated 20 minutes later on the same street as a crowd gathered.[9]
April 4, 2010 Baghdad bombings: Three suicide car bombers hit in the centre of Baghdad. One explosion occurred near the Iranian embassy while the other two explosions occurred in the west-central Mansour district. The Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the attacks. It has also been reported that at least one of these blasts struck near the offices of pro-Iranian politician, Ahmed Chalabi.[10][11]
April 2010 Baghdad bombings: A wave of bomb attacks occurred across the Baghdad. Most of these attacks were near Shia mosques during prayers; one bomb went off near the offices of a prominent Shia cleric. Another attack involved a series of coordinated bombs being detonated in Khaldiya in Anbar province. Reports claimed the attacks were retaliation for the killings of three senior Al-Qaeda leaders by Iraqi security forces.[13]
2010 West Memphis police shootings: Two police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop. Police identified and killed two suspects, identified as Jerry Kane, Jr., and his son, Joseph Kane.[15]
2010 Mitrovica attacks: A bomb exploded during a demonstration against the opening of a government office in the Serbian enclave. The only fatality was a Bosniak who lived in the Bosnian Mahal.[17]
July 2010 Baghdad attacks: A suicide bomber killed more than 70 people and some 400 have been wounded in bomb attacks on Shia pilgrims converging on a shrine.[18]
Mohmand Agency bombing: A suicide bomb attack at a tribal meeting killed at least 104 people and wounded more than 120. This was the deadliest attack in the country so far in 2010.[19]
25 August 2010 Iraq bombings: A series of suicide bombings, car bombings and IED attacks occurred across various cities and towns across the country.[23]
August 2010 West Bank shooting attack: 4 Israeli civilians, including a pregnant woman, were killed by Hamas militants while driving on route 60. Witnesses say the victims were gunned down in their seats. Israeli sources described the incident as one of the "worst" acts of terror in recent years by Palestinian militants.[24]
Hotel Jørgensen explosion: In an incident suggested to be terror-related aimed at newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten's office in Aarhus,[27] a man of Chechnyan origin[28] allegedly caused an explosion in the basement of a Copenhagen hotel. After the unsuccessful attack, the perpetrator fled to the nearby Ørstedsparken, where he was caught by police. The police feared that the man had an undetonated bomb in his backpack and avoided coming near the man, until the detonation machine known as "Rullemarie", shot at the backpack to confirm that the content was harmless.[29]
2010 Chechen Parliament attack: Three suicide militant commandos attacked and stormed into the Chechen Parliament, killing police officers and employees, before detonating their explosive-belts.[32]
2010 transatlantic aircraft bomb plot: Two packages, each containing a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11–14 oz) of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism, were found on separate cargo planes. The bombs were discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. They were bound from Yemen to the United States, and were discovered at en route stop-overs in London and Dubai.
Pakistan CID building attack: A truck laden with explosives was blasted at the CID building killing at least 18 and injuring more than 100. The blast was preceded by a gunfight between the militants and law enforcement officials.[35]
